“Plans are being put in place for the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mandeville, Hammond, Houma, Belle Chase, Chalmette, Slidell, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pensacola, Hattiesburg, Mobile, Bay Minette, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Crestview, and Pascagoula,” Madsen writes.
On June 13, SoCal Martial Law Alerts (SCMLA) predicted that Gulf states would be evacuated. “Greg Evensen, a retired Kansas Highway Patrolman, estimates that 30-40 million people would need to be evacuated away from the Gulf’s coastline (i.e. at least 200 miles inland),” SCMLA reported.
In order to accomplish this gargantuan feat, the federal government (through FEMA and other agencies) would most likely seek first to control and manage the transportation system and then operate relocation centers to manage evacuees. Toward this end, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already declared the airspace over the oil spill site to be a no-fly zone until further notice. Various sources have indicated that local police, highway patrol, National Guard, US military and foreign troops may be involved in an operation to evacuate the Gulf Coast. In fact, the Governor of Louisiana has already requested evacuation assistance (i.e. National Guard) for his state from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Allen, I never realized until recently that any user can report stories here...it explained a lot! I was always thinking there must be one helluva schizo editor before I noticed the "Be a reporter" link.

As for Infowars' incredibly bad coverage of the gulf, I don't know what to say. I'm an AJ fan, generally, but this particular topic/story seems to have them spinning round and round in full-nonsense mode. But, his thesis that martial law might yet be imposed is still perfectly plausible, maybe even probable. If you can get past the fatty layers of the amateurish, sensational reporting style, then spit out all the gristly fact-twisting and context-raping, then underneath there actually is a skeleton cautionary tale worth listening to (IMHO).

Comment by Allen Andrews

Entered on: 6/26/2010 7:12:40 AM

I don't know where you get your INFO but all this is BS I live near Pensacola and FT Walton. Yes we do have tarballs but People are still on the beach laying in the sun, Do you have first hand knowledge of what you print? NO you don't